PCAP_SET_TIMEOUT(3PCAP)PCAP_SET_TIMEOUT(3PCAP)NAMEpcap_set_timeout - set the read timeout for a not-yet-activated capture
handle
SYNOPSIS
#include <pcap/pcap.h>
int pcap_set_timeout(pcap_t *p, int to_ms);
DESCRIPTIONpcap_set_timeout() sets the read timeout that will be used on a capture
handle when the handle is activated to to_ms, which is in units of mil‐
liseconds.
RETURN VALUEpcap_set_timeout() returns 0 on success or PCAP_ERROR_ACTIVATED if
called on a capture handle that has been activated.
SEE ALSOpcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP)ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│Availability │ system/library/libpcap │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Uncommitted │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘
NOTES
Source for libpcap is available at http://opensolaris.org and at
http://www.tcpdump.org. Documentation is available at
file:///usr/share/man, and http://www.tcpdump.org.
5 April 2008 PCAP_SET_TIMEOUT(3PCAP)